This is a long one, but it is so I can remember things about my little princess.
1: She is smarter than she looks…
Addilynn has recently been fighting us tooth and nail to go to bed since I stopped cuddling with her at night. This was a hard one for both of us trust me! Finally, the other night I just explained to her why she had to go to sleep and if she threw a fit then I would have to take her animals away. Wouldn’t you know, it worked. She very rarely whines anymore at bedtime! Unless she is overly tired that is. Addilynn sleeps with a big bear, a little mini bear, pig, Minnie, horse, care bear, lion, two plastic Gumby like things, a butterfly pillow pet, a small princess pillow, and two little Einstein plastic figurines Annie and Quincy. How she gets any sleep at all I don’t know, but if she doesn’t have them all she cries and says, “I’m missing something!” Another thing she has started is writing the letter “A” it ends up looking more like an “H” most of the time, but who cares. She repeats “down, down, and across” over and over. I need help from my teacher friends on the best ways to teach a toddler how to write because it is super hard to think in toddler terms! Addilynn hears everything, even if she is quietly playing by herself, she is still listening. So watch what you say around her! It can get us in trouble! Lastly, she has been asking me if she is saying things right. It is super cute! She says it one way and then says, “that how you say it??” All of this sporting a cute little confused look on her face!
2.Things that are dressed up are just plain scary…
Addilynn has never been a fan of dressed up things, but it has been reaching new levels since Christmas. She HATES Chopper, the high school mascot. She loves watching the cheerleaders, but when chopper comes out its game over she clings to us and wont take her eyes off of him. At night she is even saying, “I don’t want chopper to come to my house!” Poor baby. No wonder she has so many nightmares!
3. Sitting still is for adults…
Addilynn and I got up early Wednesday and let dad sleep in (not by choice, I think I need to work on my not waking up skills!) So, what better to do than have a little mini spa. Addilynn got pedicure set for Christmas from Gma Mary and Papa Murl so we put it to good use! She loved it, but about 30 minutes into it, while her nails and toenails were wet, she got ants in her pants! She managed to make it through, but she wasn’t having quite as much fun at the end. I guess we should wait a little longer to take her to movie. 
4. Dinner that mom fixes is for the birds…
She will not eat my cooking! How is it that dad is constantly praising me for my cooking ability, but my daughter gags when I cook??? Last night we tried making her eat just a bit of my turkey dumpling soup and then she got to have what she wanted. Eventually if all goes as planned and we keep upping the amount of “moms” food then she wont want anything else! We will see how it goes!
5. Kids are very literal…
Addilynn has been baffled by the fact that her “baby sister” is growing in my belly. At first she would say, “Lexa put the baby in your belly?” Which was a little creepy! So finally I had to tell her that Dada did it. So now she says “Dada put the baby in your belly?” Well, Wednesday she caught me off guard. After asking again if Dada did it she then responded with, “Dada put that baby in your HOLE?” Hmmm Well technically yes but I’m not ready to explain the birds and the bees yet. Then I realized she was pointing to her belly button. She now thinks dad shoved the baby through my “hole” I guess that is a prettier picture than my first thought.
